Electric bills will go down slightly starting in January following new agreements between Rocky Mountain Power and the Utah Public Service Commission, as well as recent federal tax refunds.
Rates will drop about 0.7%, Rocky Mountain Power announced in a news statement Thursday.
The decision reflects a “commitment to keep bills low while still expanding access to clean, low-cost and sustainable energy for the customers and communities we serve,” Gary Hoogeveen, president and CEO of Rocky Mountain Power, said in a prepared statement.
The new rates take effect on Friday.
Agreements with the state also include infrastructure upgrades to help protect power lines and prevent sparks that could cause wildfires, as well as cutting back vegetation that could be ignited, said Spencer Hall, spokesman for Rocky Mountain Power.
“With wildfires increasing in the West and everything we saw this year, we wanted a way to be able to harden the system and get it so we are more prepared going forward for extreme weather,” Hall said.
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